The Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, Romania is believed to be the heaviest building in the world. It is constructed from 700,000 tonnes (1.5 billion lb) of steel and bronze combined with 1 million m³ (35.3 million ft³) of marble, 3,500 tonnes (7.7 million lb) of crystal glass and 900,000 m³ (31.7 million ft³) of wood. Construction began in 1984.

The world record for the largest bowl of goulash is 7,200 litres (1,583.78 gal) in an event organised by Orizont TV during the Chestnut Festival in Baia Mare, Romania on 29 September 2007. Laura Hughes adjudicated attempt.

The largest chocolate coin weighed 265 kg (584 lb 3.59 oz) and was achieved by the Sun Plaza shopping centre in Bucharest, Romania on 17 November 2011. The coin measured 1.35 m in diameter, and was 14 cm thick. The image on the coin was the logo of the shopping centre, and the presentation of the coin to the public was part of the annual switching on of the shopping centre’s Christmas lights (which is also accompanied by a firework display). The chocolate coin will Continue reading →

The largest Christmas lights decoration in an indoor venue consisted of 449,658 individual lights sources and was achieved by the Sun Plaza shopping centre (Romania) in Bucharest, Romania, on 25 November 2010. The Sun Plaza is the largest shopping centre in Romania (as of today) with 209,000 m2 (0.08 square miles) of constructed area and 86 m2 (0.03 square miles) of retail area with a total of 109 shops. The lights installation was manufactured by the German company ‘First Christmas’. It took two weeks of Continue reading →

The largest dog rescue shelter is Ute Langenkamp: Iubiti Maidanezii near Pitesti, Romania, which can comfortably house up to 3,000 dogs over an area of 45,543 m² (490,220 ft²). The German-Romanian project has been involved in the sheltering, treating and re-homing of dogs since May 2001. Typically street dogs are rescued from inhumane extermination, fed properly, medically treated (including sterilization) and those who are fit, are re-housed/adopted. As of November 2004, the shelter currently holds 2,535 adult dogs, 513 puppies and 53 cats, but that Continue reading →

The largest umbrella dance was achieved by 1,461 participants at an event organised by Global e-Business Operations Centre SRL (Romania) at the Arenele Romane, Bucharest, Romania, on 9 September 2011. More than twenty supervisors as well as the two independent witnesses were there to closely monitor the record attempt. The participants danced simultaneously for 6.24 minutes.

The largest wooden spoon measured 17.79 m (58 ft 4.39 in) in length and 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in) at its widest point, and was made by Centrul Cultural Mioveni (Romania) in Mioveni, Romania, on 7 June 2013. The spoon is an outsized replica of a traditional Romanian spoon.